John Calvin Church
The Johannes Calvin Church is a Protestant church in the Friedrichsfeld district of Mannheim . It was built between 1900 and 1902 according to plans by Hermann Behaghel in the neo-Gothic style.
history
Friedrichsfeld was only founded in the 17th century when Huguenot families from the Sedan area settled here. They were French Reformed and in 1687 they built a church. Shortly afterwards, like all of Friedrichsfeld, it was destroyed by French troops in the Palatinate War of Succession . The residents fled to Brandenburg and did not return after the peace treaty . The new settlers were religiously mixed. The Reformed were looked after by the pastor of the Seckenheimer church until they became a branch of Edingen in 1741 . Three years earlier, a new building had started on the site of the old church.
In 1852 the church was expanded. Due to the population growth towards the end of the 19th century, it was soon too small again, so that a new building was discussed. The foundation stone was laid in 1900 and the church was inaugurated on October 16, 1902 with a festive divine service in which Grand Duke Friedrich I of Baden took part. The Edingen pastor was still responsible for pastoral care. In 1904 a vicariate was set up and in 1910 Friedrichsfeld became an independent parish. Three of the four bells from the Andreas Hamm foundry had to be delivered during the First World War . The remaining bell was supplemented by two new ones in 1924. In 1935 the interior was renovated under the direction of Christian Schrade , the architect of the Christ Church .
In the Second World War two of the three bells were again drawn in. Apart from a broken window, the church survived the war unscathed and in 1950 the new bell could be inaugurated. In 1961 and 1977 the church was renovated. In the same year, the 75th anniversary, the church was named after the reformer John Calvin . It is the only Johannes Calvin Church in Germany. For the 100th anniversary in 2002, the interior was renovated again, in particular the historical color scheme was restored.
description
The Johannes Calvin Church is in the south of Friedrichsfeld. It is a three-aisled hall church without a choir apse in the neo-Gothic style. The external appearance is characterized by red brick , which is structured by light sandstone . The arched portals give the facade a neo-Romanesque appeal. The steeple, which is typical of Behaghel's churches, is attached to the southern corner.
The interior has a gallery running around three sides . Above the altar, the organ gallery closes with a round arch with the inscription "Jesus Christ yesterday and today and the same in eternity" ( Heb 13.8 EU ). The first organ came from Voit and Sons (Durlach). After a repair would no longer have been economical, it was replaced in 1961 by an instrument made by EF Walcker . The organ has 24 registers . The three windows above the main entrance show depictions of Johannes Calvin, Jesus Christ and Martin Luther .
In the anteroom of the church there is a bronze memorial plaque and the urn of Otto Hoffmann, director of the stoneware factory , who donated 6,000 gold marks for the construction of the church. In 1956, two sandstone panels were erected there with the community members killed and missing in the two world wars, made by the sculptor Robert Stieler . The font , also made of red sandstone, dates from 1959.
portal
Board of donors
capital
The ringing consists of four cast steel bells that were cast in 1950 by the Bochumer Verein für Gußstahlfabrikation .
| Surname | warning | volume |
|---|---|---|
| Luther bell | Believe | d ' |
| Calvinglocke | Watch | f ' |
| Melanchthon bell | Love | G' |
| Tersteegen bell | Pray | b ' |
literature
- 100 years Evangelical Church Friedrichsfeld . 2002.
- Hansjörg Probst: Friedrichsfeld . In: Mannheim before the city was founded, Part II Volume 2: The Mannheim suburbs and districts . Regensburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-7917-2022-7 .
- Andreas Schenk: Architectural Guide Mannheim . Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-496-01201-3 .
- Hans Huth: The art monuments of the city district Mannheim II , Munich 1982, ISBN 3-422-00556-0 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Evangelical Church in Baden July 3, 2009 ( Memento of the original from February 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
Coordinates: 49 ° 26 ′ 18.4 " N , 8 ° 34 ′ 29.9" E